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<h1>Class: Function</h1>
<h2 class='summaryURI'>http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#Function</h2>
<h2>Asserted Class Hierarchy</h2>
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<a href="DependentContinuant___-1752758483.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#DependentContinuant">DependentContinuant</a></li><ul class='minihierarchy'>
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<a href="SpecificallyDependentContinuant___983007287.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#SpecificallyDependentContinuant">SpecificallyDependentContinuant</a></li><ul class='minihierarchy'>
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<a href="RealizableEntity___2105639817.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#RealizableEntity">RealizableEntity</a></li><ul class='minihierarchy'>
<li><span class='active-entity'>Function</span></li><ul class='minihierarchy'>
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<h2>Annotations (3)</h2>
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<span class='annotation-uri'>comment:</span> <span class='literal'>"Definition: A realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity] the manifestation of which is an essentially end-directed activity of a continuant [snap:Continuant] entity in virtue of that continuant [snap:Continuant] entity being a specific kind of entity in the kind or kinds of contexts that it is made for."</span> (string)</li>
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<span class='annotation-uri'>comment:</span> <span class='literal'>"Examples: the function of a birth canal to enable transport, the function of the heart in the body: to pump blood, to receive de-oxygenated and oxygenated blood, etc., the function of reproduction in the transmission of genetic material, the digestive function of the stomach to nutriate the body, the function of a hammer to drive in nails, the function of a computer program to compute mathematical equations, the function of an automobile to provide transportation, the function of a judge in a court of law"</span> (string)</li>
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<span class='annotation-uri'>label:</span> <span class='literal'>"function"</span> (string)</li>
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<h2>Superclasses (1)</h2>
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<a href="RealizableEntity___2105639817.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#RealizableEntity">RealizableEntity</a></li>
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<h2>Disjoints (2)</h2>
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<a href="Disposition___-2131566786.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#Disposition">Disposition</a>, <a href="Role___262589439.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#Role">Role</a></div><!-- disjoints (2) -->
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